Vintage Thursday

I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.

Oscar Wilde



In Reading gaol by Reading town
There is a pit of shame,
And in it lies a wretched man
Eaten by teeth of flame,
In a burning winding-sheet he lies,
And his grave has got no name.

And there, till Christ call forth the dead,
In silence let him lie:
No need to waste the foolish tear,
Or heave the windy sigh:
The man had killed the thing he loved,
And so he had to die.

And all men kill the thing they love,
By all let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!



Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Oscar Wilde



Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.

Oscar Wilde



One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

Oscar Wilde



My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

Oscar Wilde



Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

Oscar Wilde